1991 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

American college football season

1991 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Big 8 co-champion
Orange Bowl, L 0–22 vs. Miami (FL)
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
AP	No. 15
Record	9–2–1 (6–0–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Tom Osborne (19th season)
Offensive scheme	I formation
Defensive coordinator	Charlie McBride (11th season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons← 1990 1992 →

1991 Big Eight Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 15 Nebraska +	6	–	0	–	1	9	–	2	–	1
No. 20 Colorado +	6	–	0	–	1	8	–	3	–	1
No. 16 Oklahoma	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Kansas State	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Kansas	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Iowa State	1	–	5	–	1	3	–	7	–	1
Missouri	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	1
Oklahoma State	0	–	6	–	1	0	–	10	–	1

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1991 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	1:00 pm	Utah State*	No. 14	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska		W 59–28	76,115
September 14	1:00 pm	Colorado State*	No. 13	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska	Prime	W 71–14	76,379
September 21	7:00 pm	No. 4 Washington*	No. 9	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska	ABC	L 21–36	76,304
September 28	9:00 pm	at No. 24 Arizona State*	No. 16	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona		W 18–9	72,812
October 12	2:00 pm	at Oklahoma State	No. 14	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma		W 49–15	30,150
October 19	1:00 pm	Kansas State	No. 9	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska (rivalry)		W 38–31	76,209
October 26	1:00 pm	Missouri	No. 9	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska (rivalry)		W 63–6	76,244
November 2	6:30 pm	at No. 15 Colorado	No. 9	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado (rivalry)	ESPN	T 19–19	52,319
November 9	1:00 pm	at Kansas	No. 11	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas (rivalry)	Prime	W 59–23	40,000
November 16	1:00 pm	Iowa State	No. 11	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska		W 38–13	76,078
November 29	12:30 pm	No. 19 Oklahoma	No. 11	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska (rivalry)	ABC	W 19–14	76,386
January 1, 1992	7:00 pm	vs. No. 1 Miami*	No. 11	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, Florida (Orange Bowl) (rivalry)	NBC	L 0–22	77,747
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster and coaching staff

1991 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
IB	`4`	George Achola	Sr
TE	`95`	Gerald Armstrong	So
C		Jason Baker
FB	`35`	Troy Barnes	So
IB		Rick Blatny	So
OT	`76`	Brian Boerboom	Sr
SE	`18`	Jon Bostick	Sr
IB	`21`	Derek Brown	So
G		Brady Caskey	So
G	`65`	Jeff Chaney	Sr
C	`55`	Terris Chorney	Jr
OT		John Clarke	Sr
QB		Joel Cornwell	Jr
FB		Faron Davison	So
G		Chris Demuth	So
SE	`2`	Corey Dixon	So
WB	`11`	Mark Dowse	Sr
SE	`28`	Darin Duin	Jr
FB		David Fiala	So
TE		Chris Fleischman	So
G		Bart Furrow	So
TE	`80`	Chris Garrett	Sr
OT		Joel Gesky	So
FB	`37`	Robert Glantz	Sr
QB		Todd Gragnano	Fr
QB	`1`	Mike Grant	Sr
QB	`15`	Tom Haase	Sr
FB	`46`	Rod Haarberg	Fr
WB	`38`	Vincent Hawkins	Jr
SE	`33`	Tyrone Hughes	Jr
C	`63`	Bill Humphrey	So
G	`69`	Dave Jensen	Jr
FB	`41`	Tim Johnk	Sr
IB	`44`	Calvin Jones	Fr
QB		Matt Jones	So
QB	`2`	Mickey Joseph	Sr
TE	`85`	Daryl Leise	Sr
FB	`35`	Lance Lewis	Sr
G		Jason Licht	So
OT	`77`	Lance Lundberg	So
C		Mike Mapes	So
QB	`10`	Keithen McCant	Sr
FB	`7`	Andre McDuffy	Sr
QB		John McMillen	Jr
G	`62`	Ken Mehlin	So
TE	`86`	Johnny Mitchell	So
FS	`5`	Randy Montgomery	Fr
WB	`27`	Abdul Muhammad	Fr
C		Brad Mundt	Jr
SE	`82`	Dan Pleasant	Sr
WB		Kelly Prater	Sr
FB	`39`	Travis Rader	So
OT	`59`	Ray Reifenrath	Sr
SE	`81`	Eric Schepers	So
FB		Cory Schlesinger	So
C	`51`	Jim Scott	Jr
WB	`46`	David Seizys	So
G	`75`	Will Shields	Jr
G	`78`	Trent (T.J.) Slansky	Jr
FB	`25`	Omar Soto	Sr
G	`66`	Brenden Stai	So
WB	`33`	Nate Turner	Sr
TE	`88`	Mike Vedral	Jr
OT	`68`	Doug Waddell	Jr
TE	`83`	Billy Wade	So
TE	`89`	William Washington	Jr
SE	`87`	Tom Werner	Jr
OT	`61`	Erik Wiegert	Sr
OT	`72`	Zach Wiegert	Fr
SE	`98`	Duane Wiles	Fr
G	`65`	Joel Wilks	So
OT	`56`	Rob Zatechka	Fr
C	`53`	Bill Ziegelbein	Sr
G	`64`	Chris Zyzda	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
OLB	`34`	Trev Alberts	So
ILB		Leonard Alexander	So
ILB	`48`	Mike Anderson	So
ILB	`39`	Alvin Banks	Sr
MG		Ryan Barry	So
SS	`23`	Ernie Beler	So
ILB	`54`	Troy Branch	So
CB	`5`	Lorenzo Brinkley	So
DT	`94`	Brian Brown	Sr
FS	`8`	Tyrone Byrd	Jr
SS	`31`	Steve Carmer	Jr
SS	`45`	Zeke Cisco	So
CB	`17`	Sedric Collins	Fr
ILB	`46`	Doug Colman	Fr
DT		Terry Connealy	Fr
CB	`9`	Curtis Cotton	Sr
FS	`4`	Troy Dumas	Fr
MG	`97`	Pat Engelbert	Sr
OLB		Greg Fletcher	So
OLB		Tory Garland	So
ILB	`43`	Shane Geiken	Sr
SS		Travis Giesbrecht	So
CB		Chris Grass	Jr
OLB	`91`	Lance Gray	So
ILB		Brian Havens	So
CB	`40`	Mike Heins	So
FS	`29`	Jay Herman	So
OLB		Todd Heyne	So
OLB		Jerad Higman	So
OLB	`93`	Travis Hill	Jr
DT	`74`	Matt Hilman	Jr
MG		Jerry Irons	So
OLB	`84`	Donta Jones	Fr
ILB	`41`	LeRoi Jones	So
OLB	`42`	David Leader	Jr
CB	`3`	Tyrone Legette	Sr
DT	`70`	Jamie Liewer	Jr
OLB		David Mahalek	So
CB		Brady Mercer	So
DT	`90`	Bruce Moore	So
MG	`73`	David Noonan	So
DT	`92`	John Parrella	Jr
ILB	`52`	Matt Penland	Jr
DT		Jason Pesterfield	So
ILB	`99`	Mike Petko	Sr
SS	`36`	Brian Pollard	Jr
CB	`16`	Vernon Powell	So
ILB		Jim Prevette	So
DT	`67`	Kevin Ramaekers	So
FS	`6`	John Reece	So
ILB		Andy Reetz	So
CB		Greg Salvo	Jr
FS	`24`	Dean Schneider	So
CB		Jeff Solich	So
DT		Scott Spachman	So
ILB	`32`	Ed Stewart	Fr
SS		Austin Wertz	So
FS	`12`	Jamie Weyers	So
OLB	`96`	David White	Jr
ILB	`49`	Paul Wightman	Jr
CB	`19`	Kenny Wilhite	Jr
ILB	`51`	Daren Williams	So
ILB	`35`	Tyler Zahn	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
PK	`13`	Byron Bennett	So
PK	`14`	Jeff Lang	So
PK	`35`	Tom Sieler	Fr
PK		Pat Specht	So
P	`47`	Mike Stigge	Jr

Head coach

Tom Osborne
   19th season
   28th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Nebraska

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Charlie McBride
   11th season as DC/DL coach
   15th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Colorado
Kevin Steele
   3rd season as LB coach
   3rd year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Tennessee
Ron Brown
   5th season as WR/TE coach
   5th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Brown
Dan Young
   9th season as OL/K coach
   9th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Reed
Milt Tenopir
   18th season as OL coach
   18th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Sterling
Tony Samuel
   6th season as OLB coach
   6th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Nebraska
George Darlington
   DB coach
   19th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Rutgers
Frank Solich
   9th season as RB coach
   13th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Nebraska
Boyd Epley
   23rd season as S&C coach
   23rd year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Nebraska
Jack Pierce
13th year at Nebraska
Bill Busch
2nd year at Nebraska

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2011-01-17

1991 Depth chart

Defense

FS
Tyrone Byrd
John Reece
Lorenzo Brinkley

OUTSIDE	INSDIE	INSDIE	OUTSIDE
Travis Hill	Mike Anderson	Mike Petko	David White
Lance Gray	Ed Stewart Troy Branch	Darren Williams	Trev Alberts
David Leader	Paul Wightman	Shane Geiken	Donta Jones

SS
Steve Carmer
Ernie Beler
Troy Dumas

CB
Tyrone Legette
Vernon Powell
Mike Heins

DE	NT	DE
John Parrella	Pat Engelbert	Jamie Liewer
Bruce Moore	David Noonan	Kevin Ramaekers
Matt Hilman	Jerry Irons	Terry Connealy

CB
Curtis Cotton
Kenny Whilhite
Sedric Collins

Offense

WR
Jon Bostick
Tyrone Hughes
Dan Pleasant Corey Dixon

LT	LG	C	RG	RT
Lance Lundberg	Erik Wiegert	Bill Ziegelbein	Will Shields	Brian Boerboom
Rob Zatechka	Chris Zyzda	Jim Scott	T.J Slansky	Zach Wiegert
Erik Wiegert	Dave Jensen	Terris Chorney	Ken Mehlin	Ray Reifenrath

TE
Johnny Mitchell
William Washington
Chris Garett

WR
Nate Turner
Abdul Muhammad
Vincent Hawkins

QB
Keithan McCant
Mickey Joseph
Tom Haase

RB
Derek Brown Calvin Jones
George Achola
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FB
Lance Lewis
Omar Soto
Tim Johnk

Special teams

PK Byron Bennett

P Mike Stigge

Game summaries

Utah State

Utah State at Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
Utah State	7	7	6	8	28
• Nebraska	17	7	16	19	59

Date: September 7
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 76,115

Colorado State

Colorado State at Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colorado State	0	0	14	0	14
• Nebraska	17	26	14	14	71

Date: September 14
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 76,379

Washington

Washington at Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Washington	0	6	10	20	36
Nebraska	7	7	7	0	21

Date: September 21
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 76,304

Arizona State

Nebraska at Arizona State

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Nebraska	8	0	3	7	18
Arizona State	0	3	6	0	9

Date: September 28
Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
Game attendance: 72,812

Oklahoma State

Nebraska at Oklahoma State

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Nebraska	14	7	7	21	49
Oklahoma State	0	3	5	7	15

Date: October 12
Location: Lewis Field, Stillwater, Oklahoma
Game attendance: 30,150

Kansas State

Kansas State at Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas State	7	10	14	0	31
• Nebraska	14	3	7	14	38

Date: October 19
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 76,209

Missouri

Missouri at Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
Missouri	3	3	0	0	6
• Nebraska	21	21	14	7	63

Date: October 26
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 76,244

Colorado

Nebraska at Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Nebraska	3	6	3	7	19
Colorado	7	5	7	0	19

Date: November 2
Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado
Game attendance: 52,319

Scoring summary

Q1	11:20	NEB	Bennett 27 yard field goal	NEB 3–0

Q1	7:20	COLO	Hagan 11 yard run (Harper kick)	COLO 7–3

Q2	6:54	COLO	Harper 27 yard field goal	COLO 10–3

Q2	1:17	NEB	Bostick 49 yard pass from McCant (kick blocked)	COLO 10–9

Q2	1:17	COLO	Biekert 85 blocked PAT return	COLO 12–9

Q3	5:12	NEB	Bennett 35 yard field goal	Tie 12–12

Q3	0:27	COLO	Hagan 4 yard run (Harper kick)	COLO 19–12

Q4	6:41	NEB	D. Brown 7 yard run (Bennett kick)	Tie 19–19

Kansas

Nebraska at Kansas

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Nebraska	0	17	14	28	59
Kansas	17	3	3	0	23

Date: November 9
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, Kansas
Game attendance: 40,000

Iowa State

Iowa State at Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
Iowa State	0	6	0	7	13
• Nebraska	10	14	7	7	38

Date: November 16
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 76,078

Oklahoma

Oklahoma at Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma	7	7	0	0	14
• Nebraska	0	3	7	9	19

Date: November 29
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 76,386
Game weather: Rain

Scoring summary

Q1	11:39	OKLA	Gundy 1 yard run (Blanton kick)	OKLA 7–0

Q2	12:39	OKLA	Gaddis 1 yard run (Blanton kick)	OKLA 14–0

Q2	6:58	NEB	Bennett 22 yard field goal	OKLA 14–3

Q3	9:53	NEB	McCant 5 yard run (Bennett kick)	OKLA 14–10

Q4	12:20	NEB	Bennett 33 yard field goal	OKLA 14–13

Q4	2:57	NEB	C. Jones 15 yard run (pass failed)	NEB 19–14

Miami (FL)

Orange Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Miami	13	0	9	0	22
Nebraska	0	0	0	0	0

Date: January 1
Location: Miami Orange Bowl, Miami
Game attendance: 77,747
Television network: NBC

Scoring summary

Q1	11:04	MIA	K. Williams 8 yard pass from Torretta (Huerta kick)	MIA 7–0

Q1	5:04	MIA	Huerta 24 yard field goal	MIA 10–0

Q1	4:02	MIA	Huerta 24 yard field goal	MIA 13–0

Q3	11:19	MIA	L. Jones 1 yard run (pass failed)	MIA 19–0

Q3	2:33	MIA	Huerta 54 yard field goal	MIA 22–0

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	15	14	13	9	16	15	14	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	15
Coaches	15	14	13	9	16	16	13	7	7	7	11	11	11	10	11	16

Awards

Award	Name(s)
All-America 2nd team	Will Shields
All-America 3rd team	Derek Brown, Johnny Mitchell
Big 8 coach of the Year	Tom Osborne
Big 8 Offensive Player of the Year	Keithen McCant
Big 8 Offensive Newcomer of the Year	Calvin Jones
All-Big 8 1st team	Brian Boerboom, Jon Bostick, Derek Brown, Tyrone Legette, Keithen McCant, Johnny Mitchell, Will Shields, Mike Stigge, Erik Wiegert
All-Big 8 2nd team	Steve Carmer, Curtis Cotton, Pat Engelbert, Travis Hill, Calvin Jones, Mike Petko
All-Big 8 honorable mention	Mike Anderson, Byron Bennett, Tyrone Byrd, Lance Lewis, John Parrella, Jim Scott, William Washington, David White, Kenny Wilhite

NFL and pro players

The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1991 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.

Name	Team
Trev Alberts	Indianapolis Colts
Mike Anderson	Amsterdam Admirals
Derek Brown	New Orleans Saints
Terris Chorney	Edmonton Eskimos
Doug Colman	New York Giants
Corey Dixon	Atlanta Falcons
Troy Dumas	Kansas City Chiefs
Travis Hill	Cleveland Browns
Tyrone Hughes	New Orleans Saints
Calvin Jones	Los Angeles Raiders
Donta Jones	Pittsburgh Steelers
Tyrone Legette	New Orleans Saints
Keithen McCant	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Johnny Mitchell	New York Jets
John Parrella	Buffalo Bills
John Reece	Kansas City Chiefs
Cory Schlesinger	Detroit Lions
Will Shields	Kansas City Chiefs
Brenden Stai	Pittsburgh Steelers
Nate Turner	Buffalo Bills
David White	New England Patriots
Zach Wiegert	Los Angeles Rams
Rob Zatechka	New York Giants

References

"Football - 1991 Schedule/Results". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved May 24, 2009.
HuskerMax. Retrieved 2018-Dec-09.
HuskerMax. Retrieved 2018-Dec-09.
HuskerMax. Retrieved 2018-Dec-09.
1991 Husker Honors
"All Time NFL Huskers". Archived from the original on August 15, 2009. Retrieved May 24, 2009.

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